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'''''What Remains''''' is a play by [[Nadia Davids]]. The play highlights the controversial issue of removing ancestral remains.
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'''''What Remains''''' is a play by [[Nadia Davids]].  
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==The original text==
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The play has been conceived as a fusion of text, dance and movement and tells a story about the unexpected uncovering of a slave burial ground in Cape Town. It is loosely based on the events at Prestwich Place in Sea Point where in 2003 construction activities uncovered human bones.  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
The play débuted at the [[National Arts Festival]], 2017, before moving to the [[Hiddingh Hall]], Cape Town. [[Jay Pather]] directed and did the original choreography, [[Shaun Oelf]] was the dancer and the rest of the cast included [[Denise Newman]], [[Faniswa Yisa]] and [[Buhle Ngaba]].
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2017: The play made its début at the [[National Arts Festival]], before moving to the [[Hiddingh Hall]], Cape Town. Directed and choreographed by [[Jay Pather]], with dancer [[Shaun Oelf]], and a cast that included [[Denise Newman]], [[Faniswa Yisa]] and [[Buhle Ngaba]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 16:11, 23 May 2023

What Remains is a play by Nadia Davids.

The original text

The play has been conceived as a fusion of text, dance and movement and tells a story about the unexpected uncovering of a slave burial ground in Cape Town. It is loosely based on the events at Prestwich Place in Sea Point where in 2003 construction activities uncovered human bones.



Performance history in South Africa

2017: The play made its début at the National Arts Festival, before moving to the Hiddingh Hall, Cape Town. Directed and choreographed by Jay Pather, with dancer Shaun Oelf, and a cast that included Denise Newman, Faniswa Yisa and Buhle Ngaba.

Sources

Cape Times supplement Top of the Times, 30 June 2017.

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